ABLANZAR, ABEGAIL

ARROYO, LAUREEN JAMAICA

BARCELOS, ROSS JOSEPH
GONZALES, DIANE ERICA
JANTE, RAE MIKAELA
OCLARIT, PRINCESS
PAGSANHAN, TRISHA
REPUBLIC ACT OF 10066
" NATURAL CULTURAL HERITAGE
ACT OF 2009"
REPUBLIC ACT 10066
• IS A PHILIPPINE LAW THAT CREATED THE PHILIPPINE REGISTRY OF CULTURAL
PROPERTY (PRECUP) AND TOOK OTHER STEPS TO PRESERVE HISTORIC BUILDINGS
THAT ARE OVER 50 YEARS OLD. IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW ON MARCH 25, 2009.

• FINALLY, ON MARCH 26, 2010, THE PRESIDENT SIGNED INTO LAW RA NO. 10066
WITH THE SUPPORT OF PA ON CULTURE CECILE GUIDOTE-ALVAREZ AND
ENCOURAGEMENT FROM NCCA CHAIRPERSON VILMA L. LABRADOR.
ARTICLE I
POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES
SECTION 2. DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES. - SECTIONS 14, 15, 16, AND 17, ARTICLE XIV OF
THE 1987 CONSTITUTION DECLARED THAT THE STATE SHALL FOSTER THE PRESERVATION, ENRICHMENT, AND
DYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF A FILIPINO CULTURE BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF UNITY IN DIVERSITY IN A CLIMATE OF
FREE ARTISTIC AND INTELLECTUAL EXPRESSION.

IN THE PURSUIT OF CULTURAL PRESERVATION AS A STRATEGY FOR MAINTAINING FILIPINO IDENTITY, THIS ACT
SHALL PURSUE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES:

(A)PROTECT, PRESERVE, CONSERVE AND PROMOTE THE NATION'S CULTURAL HERITAGE, ITS PROPERTY AND
HISTORIES, AND THE ETHNICITY OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES;

(B)ESTABLISH AND STRENGTHEN CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS; AND

(C)PROTECT CULTURAL WORKERS AND ENSURE THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITION OF TERMS

• SECTION 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS. - FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ACT, THE FOLLOWING

TERMS SHALL BE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE III
CULTURAL PROPERTY
Section 4. Categories. - The cultural property of the country shall be
categorized as follows:
(a)National cultural treasures;
(b)Important cultural property;
(c)World heritage sites;
(d)National historical shrine;
(e)National historical monument; and
(f)National historical landmark.
SECTION 5. CULTURAL PROPERTY CONSIDERED
IMPORTANT CULTURAL PROPERTY.
• FOR PURPOSES OF PROTECTING A CULTURAL PROPERTY AGAINST EXPORTATION, MODIFICATION, OR DEMOLITION, THE FOLLOWING WORKS SHALL BE
CONSIDERED IMPORTANT CULTURAL PROPERTY, UNLESS DECLARED OTHERWISE BY THE PERTINENT CULTURAL AGENCY:

UNLESS DECLARED BY THE COMMISSION,

(A)WORKS BY A MANLILIKHA NG BAYAN;
(B)WORKS BY A NATIONAL ARTIST;
UNLESS DECLARED BY THE NATIONAL MUSEUM,
(C)ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND TRADITIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS;
UNLESS DECLARED BY THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE,
(D)WORKS OF NATIONAL HEROES;
(E)MARKED STRUCTURE;
(F)STRUCTURES DATING AT LEAST FIFTY (50) YEARS OLD; AND
UNLESS DECLARED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES,
(G)ARCHIVAL MATERIAL/DOCUMENT DATING AT LEAST FIFTY (50) YEARS OLD.
THE PROPERTY OWNER MAY PETITION THE APPROPRIATE CULTURAL AGENCY TO REMOVE THE PRESUMPTION OF IMPORTANT CULTURAL PROPERTY WHICH
SHALL NOT BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD.
SECTION 6. WORLD HERITAGE SITES.

• THE APPROPRIATE CULTURAL AGENCY SHALL CLOSELY COLLABORATE WITH THE

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
(UNESCO) NATIONAL COMMISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES IN ENSURING THE
CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES, OF CULTURAL AND
MIXED SITES CATEGORY, IN THE PHILIPPINES.
SECTION 7. PRIVILEGES FOR CULTURAL PROPERTY.
ALL CULTURAL PROPERTIES DECLARED AS NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURES AND NATIONAL HISTORICAL LANDMARKS, SITES OR MONUMENTS SHALL
BE ENTITLED TO THE FOLLOWING PRIVILEGES:

(A)PRIORITY GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION;

(B)INCENTIVE FOR PRIVATE SUPPORT OF CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION THROUGH THE COMMISSION'S CONSERVATION INCENTIVE PROGRAM
FOR NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURES;

(C)AN OFFICIAL HERITAGE MARKER PLACED BY THE CULTURAL AGENCY CONCERNED INDICATING THAT THE IMMOVABLE CULTURAL PROPERTY HAS
BEEN IDENTIFIED AS NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURES AND/OR NATIONAL HISTORICAL LANDMARKS, SITES OR MONUMENTS; AND

(D)IN TIMES OF ARMED CONFLICT, NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS THAT ENDANGER THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE
COUNTRY, ALL NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURES OR NATIONAL HISTORICAL LANDMARKS, SITES OR MONUMENTS SHALL BE GIVEN PRIORITY
PROTECTION BY THE GOVERNMENT.
SECTION 8. PROCEDURE FOR DECLARATION, OR DELISTING
OF NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURES OR IMPORTANT
CULTURAL PROPERTY.
• THE PROCEDURE IN DECLARING AS WELL AS IN DELISTING A NATIONAL CULTURAL PROPERTY OR AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL PROPERTY SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
• (A)A DECLARATION OR A DELISTING OF A CULTURAL PROPERTY AS A NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE OR AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL PROPERTY SHALL COMMENCE UPON THE
FILING OF A PETITION BY THE OWNER, STAKEHOLDER OR ANY INTERESTED PERSON, WITH THE COMMISSION, WHICH SHALL REFER THE MATTER TO THE APPROPRIATE
CULTURAL AGENCY;

• (B)UPON VERIFICATION OF THE SUITABILITY OF THE PROPERTY AS A NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE OR AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL PROPERTY, THE CULTURAL AGENCY
CONCERNED SHALL SEND NOTICE OF HEARING TO THE OWNER AND STAKEHOLDERS. STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, LOCAL
CULTURE AND ARTS COUNCIL, LOCAL TOURISM COUNCILS, NONGOVERNMENT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, AND SCHOOLS, MAY BE ALLOWED TO FILE THEIR SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION TO THE PETITION;

• (C)THE OWNER AND/OR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS SHALL FILE THEIR POSITION PAPER WITHIN FIFTEEN (15) DAYS FROM RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING, FURNISHING
ALL THE PARTIES, INCLUDING THE APPROPRIATE CULTURAL AGENCY, WITH SUCH POSITION PAPER. EXTENSIONS MAY BE ALLOWED, BUT IN NO CASE SHALL IT EXCEED MORE
THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS;

• (D)THEPETITIONER/STAKEHOLDER SHALL GIVE THEIR ANSWER WITHIN FIFTEEN (15) DAYS UPON RECEIPT OF ANY POSITION PAPER. THEREAFTER, NO FURTHER
SUBMISSIONS SHALL BE ALLOWED; AND

• (E)THE APPROPRIATE CULTURAL AGENCY SHALL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF NINETY (90) DAYS FROM THE DEADLINE OF THE SUBMISSION OF ALL THE ANSWERS WITHIN WHICH TO
SUBMIT ITS RESOLUTION AND RENDER ITS DECISION ON THE APPLICATION.
SECTION 9. RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL ON THE
SALE OF NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURES.

• THE APPROPRIATE CULTURAL AGENCY SHALL BE GIVEN THE RIGHT OF FIRST

REFUSAL IN THE PURCHASE OF CULTURAL PROPERTIES DECLARED AS NATIONAL
CULTURAL PROPERTY. PRIOR TO THE FINALITY OF THE SALE, THE APPROPRIATE
CULTURAL AGENCY MAY LIKEWISE MATCH ANY OFFER MADE FOR THE PURCHASE OF
NATIONAL CULTURAL PROPERTY.
SECTION 10. LICENSING OF DEALERS OF CULTURAL
PROPERTY.

• ALL DEALERS OF CULTURAL PROPERTY SHALL SECURE A LICENSE TO OPERATE AS

SUCH FROM THE APPROPRIATE CULTURAL AGENCY CONCERNED. THEY SHALL SUBMIT
A QUARTERLY INVENTORY OF ITEMS CARRIED WHICH SHALL INCLUDE A HISTORY OF
EACH ITEM. FAILURE TO SUBMIT TWO (2) CONSECUTIVE INVENTORIES SHALL BE A
GROUND FOR CANCELLATION OF THE LICENSE. ALL DEALERS OF CULTURAL
PROPERTY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO INSPECTION BY THE CONCERNED CULTURAL
AGENCIES.
SECTION 11. DEALINGS OF CULTURAL PROPERTY

• NO CULTURAL PROPERTY SHALL BE SOLD, RESOLD OR TAKEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY

WITHOUT FIRST SECURING A CLEARANCE FROM THE CULTURAL AGENCY
CONCERNED. IN CASE THE PROPERTY SHALL BE TAKEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY, IT
SHALL SOLELY BE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SCIENTIFIC SCRUTINY OR EXHIBIT.
ARTICLE IV
HERITAGE ZONES

• SECTION 12. DESIGNATION OF HERITAGE ZONES. - THE NATIONAL

HISTORICAL INSTITUTE AND THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
COMMISSION AND THE HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD OR OTHER
CONCERNED AGENCIES, SHALL DESIGNATE HERITAGE ZONES TO PROTECT THE
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INTEGRITY OF A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA.
SECTION 13. MAINTENANCE OF HERITAGE ZONES.

 A HERITAGE ZONE SHALL BE MAINTAINED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT CONCERNED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES:

(A)IMPLEMENTATION OF ADAPTIVE REUSE OF CULTURAL PROPERTY;

(B)APPEARANCE OF STREETS, PARKS, MONUMENTS, BUILDINGS, AND NATURAL BODIES OF WATER, CANALS, PATHS
AND BARANGAYS WITHIN A LOCALITY SHALL BE MAINTAINED AS CLOSE TO THEIR APPEARANCE AT THE TIME THE
AREA WAS OF MOST IMPORTANCE TO PHILIPPINE HISTORY AS DETERMINED BY THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL
INSTITUTE; AND

(C)LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS SHALL DOCUMENT AND SUSTAIN ALL SOCIOCULTURAL PRACTICES SUCH AS, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, TRADITIONAL CELEBRATIONS, HISTORICAL BATTLES, RECREATION OF CUSTOMS, AND THE
REENACTMENT OF BATTLES AND OTHER LOCAL CUSTOMS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO A LOCALITY.
ARTICLE V
REGISTRATION AND CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY

• SECTION 14. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PHILIPPINE REGISTRY OF CULTURAL PROPERTY. - ALL

CULTURAL PROPERTIES OF THE COUNTRY DEEMED IMPORTANT TO CULTURAL HERITAGE SHALL BE
REGISTERED IN THE PHILIPPINE REGISTRY OF CULTURAL PROPERTY.
SECTION 16. DOCUMENTATION AND PRESERVATION
OF TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ARTS.

•  LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS SHALL DOCUMENT TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY

ARTS AND CRAFTS, INCLUDING THEIR PROCESSES AND MAKERS, AND SUSTAIN THE
SOURCES OF THEIR RAW MATERIALS. LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS SHALL
ENCOURAGE AND SUSTAIN TRADITIONAL ARTS AND CRAFTS AS ACTIVE AND VIABLE
SOURCES OF INCOME FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SECTION 17. SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH IN NATURAL
HISTORY.

• THE NATIONAL MUSEUM SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO COLLECT, MAINTAIN AND
DEVELOP THE NATIONAL REFERENCE COLLECTIONS OF PHILIPPINE FLORA AND
FAUNA, ROCKS AND MINERALS THROUGH RESEARCH AND FIELD COLLECTION OF
SPECIMENS INCLUDING IMPORTANT CULTURAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL
JURISDICTION OF THE PHILIPPINES. IT SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM ANY AND ALL
PERMIT SYSTEMS REGULATING THE SAME.
SECTION 18. HERITAGE AGREEMENTS.

THE COMMISSION, UPON THE ADVICE OF THE CONCERNED CULTURAL AGENCY, MAY ENTER
INTO AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE OWNERS OF CULTURAL PROPERTIES WITH REGARD TO THE
PRESERVATION OF SAID PROPERTIES.
SECTION 19. NATIONAL INVENTORY OF INTANGIBLE
CULTURAL HERITAGE

• THE APPROPRIATE CULTURAL AGENCY SHALL CLOSELY COLLABORATE

WITH THE UNESCO NATIONAL COMMISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES IN
SAFEGUARDING INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
SECTION 20. IMMOVABLE NATIONAL CULTURAL
TREASURES.

• IMMOVABLE NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURES SHALL NOT BE RELOCATED, REBUILT,

DEFACED OR OTHERWISE CHANGED IN A MANNER, WHICH WOULD DESTROY THE
PROPERTY'S DIGNITY AND AUTHENTICITY, EXCEPT TO SAVE SUCH PROPERTY FROM
DESTRUCTION DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES.

• THE SITE REFERRED TO IN THIS PROVISION MAY ONLY BE MOVED AFTER SECURING
A PERMIT FROM THE COMMISSION OR THE APPROPRIATE CULTURAL AGENCY.
SECTION 21. INDIGENOUS PROPERTIES.

• THE APPROPRIATE CULTURAL AGENCY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NATIONAL

COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, SHALL ESTABLISH A PROGRAM AND
PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO ASSIST INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN PRESERVING THEIR
PARTICULAR CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PROPERTIES.
SECTION 22. RENAMING OF HISTORICAL STREETS, BUILDINGS
DESIGNATED AS CULTURAL TREASURE OR IMPORTANT CULTURAL
PROPERTY. 

• THE NAMES OF HISTORICAL STREETS, PARKS, BUILDINGS, SHRINES, LANDMARKS,

MONUMENTS, AND SITES DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURES OR
IMPORTANT CULTURAL PROPERTY SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE RENAMED BY A
LOCAL
INSIGHTS ABOUT THE
REPUBLIC ACT OF 10066
" NATURAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT OF 2009"
• WE DECIDED NOT TO CHANGE ANYTHING, OR IT DOESN’T NEED ANY AMENDMENTS THE REASON
IS THAT IT IS UPDATED BY THE PROFESSIONALS, AND IT WAS CAREFULLY STUDIED AND BASED
ON THE LAW WELL-KNOWN PERSONS WERE INVOLVED IN MAKING AND UPDATING THE LAW

• THE GOAL OF THIS LAW IS TO SAFEGUARD, PRESERVE, CONSERVE, AND PROMOTE THE NATION'S
CULTURAL HISTORY, AS WELL AS THE ETHNICITY OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES. IT ALSO ASPIRES TO
CONSTRUCT AND STRENGTHEN CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, AS WELL AS TO SAFEGUARD
CULTURAL WORKERS' PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING. WE DECIDED NOT TO
CHANGE ANYTHING BECAUSE OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE IS VERY HEALTHY, AS WE CAN SEE.
• Finally, cultural preservation is critical. It helps people in a community preserve a
sense of belonging and harmony. Many cultural traditions have been passed down
from generation to generation. The future of cultural preservation is under jeopardy.
Because of today's hectic lifestyles and heavy social obligations. Cultural heritage
preservation necessitates cultural heritage protection. Above all, the best way to
preserve your cultural legacy is to share it. By safeguarding cultural legacy, future
generations will be able to live according to the values of their forefathers and
mothers. Cultural heritage is a constitutional right that should be safeguarded.
THANKYOU!
REFERENCES:REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10066 (LAWPHIL.NET)